9 Summer Salads That Will Have You Rushing to the Farmer’s Market – One Green Planet

The season of beach trips, hiking, and other outdoor activities has finally arrived and with it has also come the humid, summer weather. Try out some of these fresh salads to beat the heat and stay feeling fit and healthy. Each salad features in season fruits and veggies so you can fully experience the season and the great variety it has to offer!

1. Simple Basil Citrus Salad With Balsamic Jam Dressing

Keep things light and fresh with this Simple Basil Citrus Salad that is bound to refresh you on even the hottest of days. This salad is perfect for eating with breakfasts, for a snack throughout the week, or for bringing to your weekend barbecues to balance out the grilled savory eats.

2. Mango, Chili, and Lime Quinoa Salad

This creative recipe will make you see salads as more than just a bed of greens. Fresh, juicy mango and sweet golden raisins are mixed with zesty lime juice and spicy diced chilis. Topped with pecans and pumpkin seeds for crunch and protein, this Mango, Chili, and Lime Quinoa Salad is well-rounded flavor-wise and nutrition-wise.

3. Summer Watermelon Salad

Summer brings us juicy, red watermelon that can be eaten fresh and unaltered or transformed into a refreshing, Summer Watermelon Salad. This meal is best paired with a light vinaigrette and has lots of nutrients from the hemp seeds, chia seeds and walnuts.

4. Kale Salad With Grilled Eggplant, White Beans and Fresh Figs

Figs are one of the short-harvest treats that come with the Summer season. Take advantage of their abundance in this Kale Salad with Grilled Eggplant, White Beans, and Figs. The sweet fresh figs balance well with the smoky eggplant and the other savory ingredients.

5. Bohemian Summer Salad With Grilled Corn

This Bohemian Summer Salad is the perfect meal to cool off with on a hot summer day; it’s light, filling, and fresh. The assorted greens are augmented with crisp radishes, crunchy nuts, ripe berries, creamy avocado, and a sweet and tangy honey mustard dressing then, the whole thing is topped off with a tender ear of grilled corn.

6. Quinoa and Beet Salad With Hazelnuts

This Quinoa and Beet Salad with Hazelnuts recipe also features with arugula, oranges, and avocados. The result is a salad that’s as delicious as it is pretty and colorful from all the vibrant fresh fruits and vegetables.

7. Raw Massaged Kale Salad with Fresh Figs and Oranges

Here’s a recipe to experience a delightful, filling meal that is out of this world. You will be pleasantly surprised by the complexity of flavors with such few ingredients in this Raw Massaged Kale Salad. This is a nutrition power house meal that puts all stereotypes about salads being lack luster to shame.

8. Smoky Chickpea and Watercress Salad

This Smoky Chickpea and Watercress Salad is flavor-filled while being nutrient filled thanks to the addition of the sweet mango and creamy avocado. Roast the chickpeas the day before so when you enjoy the salad you don’t have to heat up your place by using the oven.

9. Forbidden Rice and Mango Salad

In this Forbidden Rice and Mango Salad, black rice is folded in with fresh mango chunks, refreshing cucumbers, and beautiful red bell peppers for color. Within minutes the meal will be ready and you  will fall in love with it in the first bite.

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